Partying, Football and Sexual Assault: An Unholy Trinity?

A recent working paper released by the National Bureau of Economic Research in late December 2015 bears the title, “Campus Party Culture and Sexual Assault” and is written by Professor Jason M. Lindo et. al.  The Study has gotten a plethora of media attention because it links the intensity of partying on campuses to prominent […]

A New Year And New Eligibility Rules Bring New Problems

Some people almost laugh when you say the phrase “student-athlete.”  When the phrase “scholar-athlete” is used in its place, people are more than a tad bemused.  The expectation is that collegiate athletes, especially those in the helmet sports, are not interested in or engaged by academics; the reining perception of many is that higher education […]

Guarantee Games Seem To Be Lacking In Holiday Spirit

I get the concept of guarantee games for HBCUs and some other DI and DII colleges and universities that are financially constrained.  The economic woes of some colleges are a situation likely to persist.  I also get that wealthier colleges and universities want to play football teams in their non-conference schedule where they are virtually […]

Westchester Community College Basketball Debacle: Where Does The Blame Fall?

A recent article in the New York Times blasted Westchester Community College (WCC) and the four-year institutions that initially accepted WCC players as transfer students in an athletic/academic scandal.  The wrongs included forged WCC academic transcripts, violations of NJCAA and NCAA rules, an arrest of the men’s head basketball WCC coach, several other coach firings […]

Critics Of Student Fee Based Athletic Subsidies Miss The Point

Recently, the Chronicle of Higher Education and the Huffington Post (the Team) teamed up to study and write about the enormous dollars from student fees that are used as DI athletic subsidies over the past five years at public universities.  The Huff Po/Chronicle pieces – along with other responsive articles – are critical of the subsidization of collegiate […]

Coaches and Mentors: Do They Differ?

A recent article in Fortune Magazine focused on the difference between coaches and mentors in the business context.  The author treats these two roles as if they serve very different purposes; mentors may not be experts in the mentee’s area of expertise but they have quality experience that can be shared; coaches on the other […]